When Frank Morris was diagnosed with polio as a track athlete for University of Oregon in 1954, he thought his life was over. He remembered lying in the hospital, either dreaming or hallucinating that the grim reaper was standing at the foot of his bed.
But it wasn’t his time. Just a fork in the road.
71 years later, Morris died Wednesday at 92 after an 18-month fight with stage four melanoma, his family said. And so ended a full life that included coaching achievements in high school, collegiate and Olympic track and field, personal athletic feats throughout the state of Oregon, and special memories shared with family and friends…